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MLK vent snuggled close to southwest base of Pu`u `O`o. Only a jagged remnant remains of the spatter cone (see image for April 8, 2005).
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Seething pond of lava within MLK vent. Spatter cone collapsed into this pond. Note spatter on surface in foreground.
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Looking down at bubbling lava pond in MLK vent.
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Closer view of the lava pond. The floating crust on the pond is almost constantly being broken up and reformed by the motion of the lava.
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Lava pond in East Pond Vent in Pu`u `O`o's crater.
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Aerial view into Kiln hornito on upper PKK tube system, showing stream of lava flowing through the tube. Yellow-orange ring is spatter altered by escaping gas.
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Start of breakout in east branch of PKK flow near top of Pulama pali. Breakout began only shortly before this image was taken.
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Near downstream end of breakout in left image, below steepest pitch of Pulama pali. Note that the lava has solidified to `a`a (dark) along margins of channels.
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Kamoamoa lava delta, largest of the three currently active. Most of surface of delta is coated with moving or only recently stagnated lava.
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Front of Kamoamoa delta, with lava streams pouring off it into the water and onto a new black sand beach.